Now that those long summer barbecues are on their way out, that gives you plenty of time to fire up those streaming platforms.

Take your pick from all the new TV shows and movies dropping in February, with some highlights listed below.

Luther (Foxtel Now, February 3): After three and a half years, Idris Elba is back in Luther’s tweed coat, ready to paint a dark and gritty portrait of London. He’s going to be shocked to find out Alice Morgan is super not-dead.

PEN15 (Stan, February 10): Look, at one point we were all young idiots who wrote PEN15 on our school folders and then giggled like we’d done something really naughty. Starring Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle as the teenage versions of themselves, expect some very silly laughs.

Russian Doll (Netflix, February 1): Natasha Lyonne stars in (and also co-writes) this sharp and clever comedy about a woman trapped in a loop in which she repeatedly dies before her timeline is reset to a moment on the night of her birthday party.

The Golden Girls (Stan, February 22): Now you can thank the Golden Girls for being a friend again with all seven seasons dropping on Stan this month. Why even bother with new shows when you can rerun this until your real-life friends wonder why they haven’t seen you in eight months.

High Maintenance (Foxtel Now, February 5): Now in its third season on HBO, this dramedy originally started as a web series before making the jump to TV. It follows an unnamed pot delivery guy around New York City with each episode telling a different story about the people who call the city home.

The Umbrella Academy (Netflix, February 15): A team of superheroes born with powers to random women must come back together after a massive falling out. At stake? The fate of the world, of course. Based on a popular comic book series, it stars Ellen Page and Tom Hopper.

Leviathan (Stan, February 13): If you haven’t seen the stunning Leviathan yet, this is your chance. It’s a powerful portrait of Russian government corruption, as told through the struggles of a small town mechanic. Not surprisingly, its filmmaker, Andrey Zvyagintsev, doesn’t have a lot of fans at the Kremlin.

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (Stan, February 24): A ’90s classic about two oddballs inventing a string of successes at their high school reunion, showing up the snotty girls in pastel. Be honest, have you ever seen a helicopter and not hummed Belinda Carlisle since Romy and Michele?

Velvet Buzzsaw (Netflix, February 1): Jake Gyllenhaal reunites with Dan Gilroy, his Nightcrawler writer and director in this satirical horror about a supernatural force exacting vengeance on greedy people in the art world. Also starring Toni Collette and Rene Russo.

The Big Sick (Foxtel Now, February 23): A funny and heartwarming movie based on the real story of how actor and comedian Kumail Nanjiani met his wife Emily V. Gordon, The Big Sick is one of the best rom-coms of recent years.

Columbus (SBS, February 8): If you love quiet movies about architecture and the complex relationships between adult kids and their parents, Columbus is the gem for you. If that sounds too esoteric, let me just say this: John Cho.

Dirty John (Netflix, February 14): Based on a popular true crime podcast about conman and sociopath John Meehan, this Netflix series stars Eric Bana, Connie Britton and Julia Garner. With a twist ending you don’t see coming, it’s the perfect material for a TV thriller.

High Flying Bird (Netflix, February 8): The first of two Steven Soderbergh movies to hit Netflix this year, High Flying Bird is a high stakes sports drama set during a basketball players’ strike when a star is enticed by an offer by an ambitious agent. Starring Andre Holland and Zazie Beetz with a script by Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight).

Get Out (Netflix, February 9): Jordan Peele’s challenging horror about an African-American man meeting his white girlfriend’s parents is on Netflix for the first time. Relive the terror. Relive the fruit loops.

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Counterpart S2 (SBS, February 21): J.K Simmons returns as Howard and as Howard — two versions of the same person from parallel universes. A sci-fi thriller with brains, Counterpart is a thrilling series to binge — and binge it you must.

True Grit (Foxtel Now, February 1): The story of the unlikely pairing of a 14-year-old (Hailee Steinfeld) with gumption to spare and a grizzled lawman (Jeff Bridges) on the hunt for the outlaw that killed her father, True Grit is a Coen brothers western every movie lover should see.

Lorena (Amazon, February 15): Lorena Bobbitt will never be remembered for anything other than chopping off her husband’s penis in 1993. This Amazon docuseries, produced by Jordan Peele, will delve into the morality of the circus that followed such an infamous crime.

Up in the Air (Foxtel Now, February 1): A film that perfectly captures the human cost of the economic downturn and mass lay-offs following the GFC, Up in the Air stars George Clooney as an emotionally disconnected corporate hack firing people on behalf of other companies. But it’s not too late for him to find his humanity.